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In this issue:  Zune is coming while anti-obesity meds
aren't, and a demographic milestone is reached.

---Business---
Careful study of these lessons learned by some execs will
sharpen your decision-making skills, according to Optimize.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=266958
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=266958

---Computers---
PC Magazine explains how rootkits can take over your
computer, steal data under your nose, and how to stop them.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=266656
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=266656

---Energy---
Backyard wind turbines turn energy consumers into
suppliers.  Tremendous demand and a federal production tax
credit for makers of large turbines make utility-scale wind
a good business to be in right now for GE, according to IEEE
Spectrum.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=266859
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=266859

---Gadgets---
Microsoft has taken the wraps off the Zune digital media
player, promising to release the would-be "iPod killer" on
November 14, according to InternetNews.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=266557
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=266557

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---Health---
Chemistry World reports that the race for an effective
appetite-suppressing, anti-obesity drug has been held back
by disappointing results from a human clinical trial.  The
findings underline the complexity of human obesity, conclude
the researchers, and suggest it could be many years before a
drug gets to market.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=267296
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=267296
A comprehensive system of electronic medical records
promises to save lives and cut health care costs -- but how
do you build one?  IEEE Spectrum says the many technical,
social, and political issues are formidable.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=266862
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=266862

---International---
A lot of people hope that the ugly rifts between Europe and
the U.S. will close when George W. Bush leaves office.  Time
Europe says you shouldn't bet on it.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=266963
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=266963

---Technology---
Critics exaggerate the dangers of nanotechnology while
boosters flog the benefits.  Popular Mechanics says we
should give nanotechnology a chance to develop before we
start taking sides.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=266547
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=266547

---United States---
The United States reaches a demographic milestone, with an
anticipated population of 300 million -- behind only that of
China and India -- thanks largely to immigration, according
to Smithsonian.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=267040
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=267040